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MGTECON 200:Managerial Economics

MGTECON 200 is one of two base-level courses in microeconomics. It covers microeconomic concepts relevant to management, including the economics of relationships, pricing decisions, perfect competition and the "invisible hand," risk aversion and risk sharing, and moral hazard and adverse selection. While the topics covered and the level of coverage are the same as in the second base-level course,
MGTECON 201,
MGTECON 200 is administered and graded differently: Attendance is mandatory, and 50% of the final grade is based on daily class participation. Because of the emphasis on class participation, class sessions are 105 minutes long and so, per Stanford University regulations, the course carries four units of credit.

MGTECON 201:Managerial Economics

MGTECON 201 is one of two base-level courses in microeconomics. It covers microeconomic concepts relevant to management, including the economics of relationships, pricing decisions, perfect competition and the "invisible hand," risk aversion and risk sharing, and moral hazard and adverse selection. While the topics covered and the level of coverage are the same as in the second base-level course,
MGTECON 200,
MGTECON 201 is administered and graded differently: 15% of the final grade is based on participation (you can miss the class without affecting the grade up to 3 times), 35% is on the midterm, and 50% is on the final.

MGTECON 203:Managerial Economics - Accelerated

MGTECON 203 is the accelerated option in microeconomics for 1st year MBA students. It will cover the usual array of topics, with an emphasis on topics more useful for students of management (although the order in which the topics are covered will be different from that in 200/201). No previous background in economics is required or expected, but in comparison with
MGTECON 200/201, less time will be spent in class on basic problems. Therefore, students choosing this option should be completely comfortable with calculus and linear algebra. A good diagnostic is to read Sections 3.5 and 3.6 (pp. 57-67) in Kreps, Microeconomics for Managers. If you find this easy, 203 is a good choice. If not, 200 or 201 is the right course for you.

MGTECON 209:MSx: Economics

This course is an introduction to Microeconomics, focusing on microeconomic concepts relevant to managerial decision making. Topics include demand and supply, cost structure, price discrimination, perfect competition, externalities, and the basics of game theory. No prior Economics background is required but students who have not had courses in this area (or not had one in a very long time) may want to brush up on math prior to the start of classes.

MGTECON 300:Growth and Stabilization in the Global Economy

This course gives students the background they need to understand the broad movements in the global economy. Key topics include long-run economic growth, technological change, wage inequality, international trade, interest rates, inflation, exchange rates, and monetary policy. By the end of the course, students should be able to read and understand the discussions of economic issues in The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, or the Congressional Budget Office.

MGTECON 331:Health Law: Finance and Insurance

This course provides the legal, institutional, and economic background necessary to understand the financing and production of health services in the US. Potential topics include: health reform, health insurance (Medicare and Medicaid, employer-sponsored insurance, the uninsured), medical malpractice and quality regulation, pharmaceuticals, the corporate practice of medicine, regulation of fraud and abuse, and international comparisons.

MGTECON 332:Analysis of Costs, Risks, and Benefits of Health Care

For graduate students, and with permission of instructors, advanced undergraduates. This course provides the conceptual basis for understanding how to assess the effectiveness, costs, and cost effectiveness of health-care interventions. Students will gain an understanding of how to assess whether health-care interventions work, and if they work, whether they are worth what they cost. The course will cover principal evaluative techniques for health care, including, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-benefit analysis, utility assessment, and decision analysis. Emphasis is on the practical application of these techniques. Group project presented at end of quarter. Guest lectures by experts from the medical school, entrepreneurs, pharmaceutical industry, and health care plans. The course content is relevant to researchers in health services and health policy, health-care managers, entrepreneurs, health-care consultants, and physicians.

Units: 4
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Grading: GSB Student Option LTR/PF

MGTECON 334:The International Economy

The objective of this course is to give students an understanding of what international economic policy means for business leaders. To do this, students will have to understand the economic forces that determine the patterns and consequences of international trade. We will analyze trade policy tools used by governments (e.g., tariffs, subsidies, quotas, exchange rates), and examine the role of industry and politics at the domestic and global level in applying these tools. This course will combine lecture, case studies and group interaction.

MGTECON 342:Business and Macroeconomics in Today's Global Economy

This class applies the macroeconomic concepts that you've learned another course (e.g. in
MgtEcon 300) to real-time current events.nnJust as you only really learn to speak a foreign language through immersion, the best way to understand macroeconomics is to use it intensively! In this class, there will be a new topic each week, chosen only days in advance to ensure timeliness. Examples may include "Janet Yellen's Monetary Policies" or "Economic Growth in Latin America" or "Thomas Piketty's New Book on Wealth Inequality." Students will divide into small groups, undertake research on a narrow question of their own choosing related to the general topic, and collectively write a 300-word blog entry to be posted on the (private) class blog at least 24 hours before class meets. Over the next day, students will read each others' entries. Finally, during class time, each group will lead a discussion of their blog post for 15-20 minutes.nnFor more information about this course, please see
http://www.stanford.edu/~chadj/MacroToday.html after January 15, 2015.

Units: 3
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Grading: GSB Letter Graded

MGTECON 343:The Evolution of Finance

This course was originally designed to provide an overview of the crisis in financial markets that began in 2007, and of the various policies that were devised in response to the crisis' both short-term stabilization efforts and longer-term regulatory reform. However, as time goes on the course has evolved to spend less time on a historical review of those past events (though they are still significant and worth studying) and more time looking at the present and the future. We will be more focused on process --- thinking through the things we analyze --- rather than in making sure we cover a fully comprehensive set of topics. We have guest speakers for about half of the classes. The list changes from year to year, but here is 2016's list: Tanya Beder, Kevin Warsh, Ron Beck, David Booth, Jay Crandall, Tom Kempner, Katie Hall, Hal Varian, and Larry Summers.